HTML Entities for Accented Characters: Full Chart

Published October 1, 2026, 6 min read

HTML entities let you write accented letters using only plain ASCII. Today most pages are UTF-8 and can include é directly, but entities are still useful in email templates, old systems and code generators.

Full chart

Letter	Name	Named	Decimal	Hex
À	Capital A with grave	`À`	`À`	`À`
Á	Capital A with acute	`Á`	`Á`	`Á`
Â	Capital A with circumflex	`Â`	`Â`	`Â`
Ã	Capital A with tilde	`Ã`	`Ã`	`Ã`
Ä	Capital A with umlaut	`Ä`	`Ä`	`Ä`
Å	Capital A with ring above	`Å`	`Å`	`Å`
Æ	Capital AE ligature (ash)	`Æ`	`Æ`	`Æ`
Ç	Capital C with cedilla	`Ç`	`Ç`	`Ç`
È	Capital E with grave	`È`	`È`	`È`
É	Capital E with acute	`É`	`É`	`É`
Ê	Capital E with circumflex	`Ê`	`Ê`	`Ê`
Ë	Capital E with umlaut	`Ë`	`Ë`	`Ë`
Ì	Capital I with grave	`Ì`	`Ì`	`Ì`
Í	Capital I with acute	`Í`	`Í`	`Í`
Î	Capital I with circumflex	`Î`	`Î`	`Î`
Ï	Capital I with umlaut	`Ï`	`Ï`	`Ï`
Ð	Capital eth	`Ð`	`Ð`	`Ð`
Ñ	Capital N with tilde	`Ñ`	`Ñ`	`Ñ`
Ò	Capital O with grave	`Ò`	`Ò`	`Ò`
Ó	Capital O with acute	`Ó`	`Ó`	`Ó`
Ô	Capital O with circumflex	`Ô`	`Ô`	`Ô`
Õ	Capital O with tilde	`Õ`	`Õ`	`Õ`
Ö	Capital O with umlaut	`Ö`	`Ö`	`Ö`
Ø	Capital O with stroke	`Ø`	`Ø`	`Ø`
Ù	Capital U with grave	`Ù`	`Ù`	`Ù`
Ú	Capital U with acute	`Ú`	`Ú`	`Ú`
Û	Capital U with circumflex	`Û`	`Û`	`Û`
Ü	Capital U with umlaut	`Ü`	`Ü`	`Ü`
Ý	Capital Y with acute	`Ý`	`Ý`	`Ý`
Þ	Capital thorn	`Þ`	`Þ`	`Þ`
ß	Sharp s (eszett)	`ß`	`ß`	`ß`
à	a with grave	`à`	`à`	`à`
á	a with acute	`á`	`á`	`á`
â	a with circumflex	`â`	`â`	`â`
ã	a with tilde	`ã`	`ã`	`ã`
ä	a with umlaut	`ä`	`ä`	`ä`
å	a with ring above	`å`	`å`	`å`
æ	ae ligature (ash)	`æ`	`æ`	`æ`
ç	c with cedilla	`ç`	`ç`	`ç`
è	e with grave	`è`	`è`	`è`
é	e with acute	`é`	`é`	`é`
ê	e with circumflex	`ê`	`ê`	`ê`
ë	e with umlaut	`ë`	`ë`	`ë`
ì	i with grave	`ì`	`ì`	`ì`
í	i with acute	`í`	`í`	`í`
î	i with circumflex	`î`	`î`	`î`
ï	i with umlaut	`ï`	`ï`	`ï`
ð	Eth	`ð`	`ð`	`ð`
ñ	n with tilde	`ñ`	`ñ`	`ñ`
ò	o with grave	`ò`	`ò`	`ò`
ó	o with acute	`ó`	`ó`	`ó`
ô	o with circumflex	`ô`	`ô`	`ô`
õ	o with tilde	`õ`	`õ`	`õ`
ö	o with umlaut	`ö`	`ö`	`ö`
ø	o with stroke	`ø`	`ø`	`ø`
ù	u with grave	`ù`	`ù`	`ù`
ú	u with acute	`ú`	`ú`	`ú`
û	u with circumflex	`û`	`û`	`û`
ü	u with umlaut	`ü`	`ü`	`ü`
ý	y with acute	`ý`	`ý`	`ý`
þ	Thorn	`þ`	`þ`	`þ`
ÿ	y with umlaut	`ÿ`	`ÿ`	`ÿ`
Ā	Capital A with macron	`—`	`Ā`	`Ā`
ā	a with macron	`—`	`ā`	`ā`
Ă	Capital A with breve	`—`	`Ă`	`Ă`
ă	a with breve	`—`	`ă`	`ă`
Ą	Capital A with ogonek	`—`	`Ą`	`Ą`
ą	a with ogonek	`—`	`ą`	`ą`
Ć	Capital C with acute	`—`	`Ć`	`Ć`
ć	c with acute	`—`	`ć`	`ć`
Ĉ	Capital C with circumflex	`—`	`Ĉ`	`Ĉ`
ĉ	c with circumflex	`—`	`ĉ`	`ĉ`
Ċ	Capital C with dot above	`—`	`Ċ`	`Ċ`
ċ	c with dot above	`—`	`ċ`	`ċ`
Č	Capital C with caron	`—`	`Č`	`Č`
č	c with caron	`—`	`č`	`č`
Ď	Capital D with caron	`—`	`Ď`	`Ď`
ď	d with caron	`—`	`ď`	`ď`
Đ	Capital D with stroke	`—`	`Đ`	`Đ`
đ	d with stroke	`—`	`đ`	`đ`
Ē	Capital E with macron	`—`	`Ē`	`Ē`
ē	e with macron	`—`	`ē`	`ē`
Ĕ	Capital E with breve	`—`	`Ĕ`	`Ĕ`
ĕ	e with breve	`—`	`ĕ`	`ĕ`
Ė	Capital E with dot above	`—`	`Ė`	`Ė`
ė	e with dot above	`—`	`ė`	`ė`
Ę	Capital E with ogonek	`—`	`Ę`	`Ę`
ę	e with ogonek	`—`	`ę`	`ę`
Ě	Capital E with caron	`—`	`Ě`	`Ě`
ě	e with caron	`—`	`ě`	`ě`
Ĝ	Capital G with circumflex	`—`	`Ĝ`	`Ĝ`
ĝ	g with circumflex	`—`	`ĝ`	`ĝ`
Ğ	Capital G with breve	`—`	`Ğ`	`Ğ`
ğ	g with breve	`—`	`ğ`	`ğ`
Ġ	Capital G with dot above	`—`	`Ġ`	`Ġ`
ġ	g with dot above	`—`	`ġ`	`ġ`
Ģ	Capital G with cedilla	`—`	`Ģ`	`Ģ`
ģ	g with cedilla	`—`	`ģ`	`ģ`
Ĥ	Capital H with circumflex	`—`	`Ĥ`	`Ĥ`
ĥ	h with circumflex	`—`	`ĥ`	`ĥ`
Ħ	Capital H with stroke	`—`	`Ħ`	`Ħ`
ħ	h with stroke	`—`	`ħ`	`ħ`
Ĩ	Capital I with tilde	`—`	`Ĩ`	`Ĩ`
ĩ	i with tilde	`—`	`ĩ`	`ĩ`
Ī	Capital I with macron	`—`	`Ī`	`Ī`
ī	i with macron	`—`	`ī`	`ī`
Ĭ	Capital I with breve	`—`	`Ĭ`	`Ĭ`
ĭ	i with breve	`—`	`ĭ`	`ĭ`
Į	Capital I with ogonek	`—`	`Į`	`Į`
į	i with ogonek	`—`	`į`	`į`
ı	Dotless i	`—`	`ı`	`ı`
Ĵ	Capital J with circumflex	`—`	`Ĵ`	`Ĵ`
ĵ	j with circumflex	`—`	`ĵ`	`ĵ`
Ķ	Capital K with cedilla	`—`	`Ķ`	`Ķ`
ķ	k with cedilla	`—`	`ķ`	`ķ`
ĸ	Kra	`—`	`ĸ`	`ĸ`
ĸ	Kra	`—`	`ĸ`	`ĸ`
Ĺ	Capital L with acute	`—`	`Ĺ`	`Ĺ`
ĺ	l with acute	`—`	`ĺ`	`ĺ`
Ļ	Capital L with cedilla	`—`	`Ļ`	`Ļ`
ļ	l with cedilla	`—`	`ļ`	`ļ`
Ľ	Capital L with caron	`—`	`Ľ`	`Ľ`
ľ	l with caron	`—`	`ľ`	`ľ`
Ŀ	Capital L with middle dot	`—`	`Ŀ`	`Ŀ`
ŀ	l with middle dot	`—`	`ŀ`	`ŀ`
Ł	Capital L with stroke	`—`	`Ł`	`Ł`
ł	l with stroke	`—`	`ł`	`ł`
Ń	Capital N with acute	`—`	`Ń`	`Ń`
ń	n with acute	`—`	`ń`	`ń`
Ņ	Capital N with cedilla	`—`	`Ņ`	`Ņ`
ņ	n with cedilla	`—`	`ņ`	`ņ`
Ň	Capital N with caron	`—`	`Ň`	`Ň`
ň	n with caron	`—`	`ň`	`ň`
Ŋ	Capital eng	`—`	`Ŋ`	`Ŋ`
ŋ	Eng	`—`	`ŋ`	`ŋ`
Ō	Capital O with macron	`—`	`Ō`	`Ō`
ō	o with macron	`—`	`ō`	`ō`
Ŏ	Capital O with breve	`—`	`Ŏ`	`Ŏ`
ŏ	o with breve	`—`	`ŏ`	`ŏ`
Ő	Capital O with double acute	`—`	`Ő`	`Ő`
ő	o with double acute	`—`	`ő`	`ő`
Œ	Capital OE ligature (ethel)	`&OElig;`	`Œ`	`Œ`
œ	oe ligature (ethel)	`&oelig;`	`œ`	`œ`
Ŕ	Capital R with acute	`—`	`Ŕ`	`Ŕ`
ŕ	r with acute	`—`	`ŕ`	`ŕ`
Ŗ	Capital R with cedilla	`—`	`Ŗ`	`Ŗ`
ŗ	r with cedilla	`—`	`ŗ`	`ŗ`
Ř	Capital R with caron	`—`	`Ř`	`Ř`
ř	r with caron	`—`	`ř`	`ř`
Ś	Capital S with acute	`—`	`Ś`	`Ś`
ś	s with acute	`—`	`ś`	`ś`
Ŝ	Capital S with circumflex	`—`	`Ŝ`	`Ŝ`
ŝ	s with circumflex	`—`	`ŝ`	`ŝ`
Ş	Capital S with cedilla	`—`	`Ş`	`Ş`
ş	s with cedilla	`—`	`ş`	`ş`
Š	Capital S with caron	`&Scaron;`	`Š`	`Š`
š	s with caron	`&scaron;`	`š`	`š`
Ţ	Capital T with cedilla	`—`	`Ţ`	`Ţ`
ţ	t with cedilla	`—`	`ţ`	`ţ`
Ť	Capital T with caron	`—`	`Ť`	`Ť`
ť	t with caron	`—`	`ť`	`ť`
Ŧ	Capital T with stroke	`—`	`Ŧ`	`Ŧ`
ŧ	t with stroke	`—`	`ŧ`	`ŧ`
Ũ	Capital U with tilde	`—`	`Ũ`	`Ũ`
ũ	u with tilde	`—`	`ũ`	`ũ`
Ū	Capital U with macron	`—`	`Ū`	`Ū`
ū	u with macron	`—`	`ū`	`ū`
Ŭ	Capital U with breve	`—`	`Ŭ`	`Ŭ`
ŭ	u with breve	`—`	`ŭ`	`ŭ`
Ů	Capital U with ring above	`—`	`Ů`	`Ů`
ů	u with ring above	`—`	`ů`	`ů`
Ű	Capital U with double acute	`—`	`Ű`	`Ű`
ű	u with double acute	`—`	`ű`	`ű`
Ų	Capital U with ogonek	`—`	`Ų`	`Ų`
ų	u with ogonek	`—`	`ų`	`ų`
Ŵ	Capital W with circumflex	`—`	`Ŵ`	`Ŵ`
ŵ	w with circumflex	`—`	`ŵ`	`ŵ`
Ŷ	Capital Y with circumflex	`—`	`Ŷ`	`Ŷ`
ŷ	y with circumflex	`—`	`ŷ`	`ŷ`
Ÿ	Capital Y with umlaut	`&Yuml;`	`Ÿ`	`Ÿ`
Ź	Capital Z with acute	`—`	`Ź`	`Ź`
ź	z with acute	`—`	`ź`	`ź`
Ż	Capital Z with dot above	`—`	`Ż`	`Ż`
ż	z with dot above	`—`	`ż`	`ż`
Ž	Capital Z with caron	`—`	`Ž`	`Ž`
ž	z with caron	`—`	`ž`	`ž`

When to use entities

Use the literal character whenever your file and server are UTF-8. Use numeric entities in XML or when a system strips non-ASCII text. Named entities exist mainly for the Latin-1 range plus a few letters such as &OElig; and &Scaron;.